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What is happening scholars, this place is too dry, no one seems to be worried about this year's payment, its October already.

GdexFolami:
Please people that have written before should at least brief us on what and what to expect specifically nah
Pls I'm asking this exclusively from people that have written before not business men and women.

Last year, we were tested on math and english with 30 questions from each section. The math was not difficult at all, comprising charts(pie,bar and the likes), statistics, and simple secondary arithmetic. The english was the normal lexis and structure,synonyms, antonyms and passages(like three or so) to answer questions from. My advice for you,don't waste your time on the passages try answering questions that won't take your time first and in your math,try to scroll forwards to check the questions at the later part,you might want to start from the back, they most times put the easiest questions at the later end, be smart. Best of luck.

OLAADEGBU:
Noah's Ark is a picture of Christ our initial salvation. Those who entered the Ark were saved from the coming flood. If by any chance some of those saved in the Ark chose to jump out into the waters will you say that they are still saved because the entered the Ark in the first place? If you jump our you are on your own. The condition is that: "If you continue in My Word."

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-32).

That is to say that on-going obedient belief in His Word leads to true freedom in Christ. The moment you stop believing, you are on your own.

John 8:31 is more of a verse for eternal security. Are you saying no one is indeed Christ's disciple now,since the end is not come? Jesus there knew some among the Jews who claimed to have believed didn't believe from the heart(was only lip service),so to Him there was no point calling them out,if they had indeed believed they would continue in His word,continuance would test their genuineness. So it is not that if you continue in God's you'll be,rather you're. A true disciple will continue,a phony disciple won't. And one can be rest assured that he will continue in God's word if he has believed from the heart,if it was God who worked faith in him and not of his own will,choice or decision. This is because,if it was God who started it,He would complete it,and not that the fellow will continue by his own effort. Examine John 2:23-24 and 1 John 2:19.

Please o,i have applied and gotten a mail indicating a successful application but anytime I tried logging in again it brings the whole application form again,and thisis not the same with others,should I just ignore?

asuustrike2009:
I have given you the scriptures to read. Mal 3:8-10 was what was given. If you like comply if you like don't.

Do you just react to every verse of the scripture,have you thrown away contexts,is there any difference between the old and the new testament?.....I think you should start asking yourself questions.........,people just pull out a scripture out of context and establish a doctrine on it,so wrong.

asuustrike2009:
Don't worry you understand with time. Many are in hell regretting

God will not reveal anything further than the scriptures,if you claim God revealed to you many are presently in hell because they were not tithers,why don't you show us from the scriptures?........People even think dreams and visions are always meaningful,in fact they are most times not meaningful,especially when you can't even trace them to the word of God.

asuustrike2009:
I gave you scriptures to read too. Ask the holy spirit to teach don't assume based on knowledge or wordings. There are deeper revelations in God's word

what does verse 11 of that passage in corinthians say?....why didn't you quote it?

asuustrike2009:
I gave you scriptures to read too. Ask the holy spirit to teach don't assume based on knowledge or wordings. There are deeper revelations in God's word

That the thieves said there are non-tithers?

asuustrike2009:
Dey there dey talk. Am telling you based on experience and revelations. Many non tithers are in hell as I speak

Na you put them there nau......,i brought out scriptures for you but you refuse to read and meditate,how will you then encounter the truth!

asuustrike2009:
Satan does accuses us on daily basis. He's the accuser of the brethren. He always find faults in humanity to strike

It is a pity you don't even know what Christ had come to do

asuustrike2009:
In Malachi 3:8 " “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’In tithes and offerings. This verse is what the accuser of brethren uses to accused non tithers. So Satan quotes 1 Cor 6:9-11 to draw God's attention in judgement seat. Since Yahweh hearken to his word, he passes judgement immediately. Verse 10 of Cor 6 is what's being used.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God

Honesty I am tired of debunking to tithe payers the deception of this doctrine of tithing........but just do yourself this good by meditating on these few scriptures i'm going to drop:
New Living Translation(Romans 8:33)
Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one--for God himself has given us right standing with himself.

New International Version(Galatians 3:10)
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."

An2elect2:
Hi
Nopy never heard of him. Does he have videos on YouTube?

Will see if I can get anything about him, let me check...

Yeah just seeing he was accused of sexual sin. Denied and later admitted. Saw a video of him about the difference btw sons and children of God (not watched yet) and oops I saw another one that brought back memory of his video I watched recently exposing the false miracles in Christ embassy, my bad I didn't take note of his name!

Can you remember some of his teachings? So we can see if they are sound?

watching the "sons and children" video

Yeah,he's good,his teachings are sound......and he's got a lot of them on his youtube page,do check for ''sunday adelaja official'',and emmm....he's got a page on faceebook......''movement against deception in the church''.

An2elect2:
Please where did Jesus preach tithing? There are so many threads here that have been created to debunk the tithing lie why don't you check them out and stop this manipulation of God's word to say what you want it to say. Nawa ooo

Hello sis,i have been following you for some time now and I bless the name of the Lord for His Grace upon your life for these glorious truths He has revealed........Do you listen to DR Sunday Adelaja?...what do you say about his teachings?

ysyowel:
yes and no,
i say yes because is the major income of the church, and there is a blessings in giving GENERALLY.
i say no because Jesus and the Apostles didn't say much about tithing.

What is Yes and No?.........Did the church just start now,were there no churches in the time of the Apostles? And where did you even throw 2cor 9.Tithing is a false Doctrine,it tends to yoke believers again. We are free in Christ and whatever kind of giving that does not align with 2cor9:7 is no giving. It is a pity we deal with believers as though they do not have the spirit of God,they must have to follow rules,principles,laws.......Like they were not done away with in Christ.

So many people have run into this error thinking unbelief is what brings condemnation thereby making it appear as if Jesus Christ brought both salvation and condemnation.lets take a look at this:
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved". "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God". (Jn3:17&18) One may be tempted to infer wrongly from the above passages,to mean that no one is condemned until they decide to reject the gospel,but that is not necessarily true. Sin(an inherited nature which must manifest through its fruits) brought condemnation to all,what belief does through the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is to remove one from this condemnation but whats now the repercussion of unbelief,condemns just at the moment?........NO!...,unbelief leaves one in the condemnation inherited from the beginning.
So UNBELIEF does not condemn,SIN already did,UNBELIEF only leaves one in that state of condemnation(having rejected the way out i.e belief).

Tify:
You'll have to wait, they haven't reimbursed chevron too

okay,but that's not true,they reimbursed chevron applicants weeks ago

please any news for those of us that wrote this year...........,no reimbursement since

I believe it was God's plan to bring upon Job those calamities,for reasons known to Him(could be to prove the devil wrong)........and also to point out firmly,God wasn't responding to the devil here(that is,He did not bring those calamities upon Job just because the devil prompted Him),instead,because God had determined to do so,the devil came around.......,the devil is a tool in God's hands to achieve His purposes.

OLAADEGBU:
The answer is yes, he could have avoided that.



Would God be just for determining that some folks are destined for hell and others for heaven due to no cause of theirs?



He was coveteous and could have genuinely repented if he wanted to.



This is why I think the perspective of Calvinism is not biblically correct.

Lemme ask,has any happenings in the world ever deviated from God's plan,or has God ever made a mistake,was lucifer created for any purpose other than what he is now?

adelee777:
D rapture is in dis order: d first resurrection of d saints and their being raptured, followed by d rapture of d saints dat r alive. Now, in Rev 20:4-5 d apostle John saw d souls of those dat were killed for witnessing abt Jesus, n who were killed for not worshiping d beast or taking his mark. He said they were part of d first resurrection. How come d first resurrection involved those dat were killed by d beast, if d beast did not appear before d rapture?

Okay,first of all that place you brought up as a reference does not say the beast had killed those saints,just an excerpt;''and i saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus,and for the word of God''........I know the concluding part of that verse may appear as if they had been saints who had witnessed the reign of the antichrist but in my opinion,i believe that these saints had not witnessed the reign of the antichrist.

They might have reeled out to you a long list of spiritual exercises they engaged in prior obtaining the anointing and this may appear achievable,but the pure motive behind it is not achievable,only comes from God.

This is interesting,i have had a little concern about the said topic over time,......I believe the anointing comes with a cost,but the Almighty God will be the one to propel whom He wants to use to pay the price and not just anyone desiring to be anointed and as a result following some rules or undergoing spiritual exercises(wrong motives). But just as someone had said,we should serve God and love Him truthfully and unconditionally,not because of positions or to be labelled ''an anointed man or woman of God'',this is grasping for the wind.

adelee777:
I've been a christian for many years. Only dat I didn't start as a christian. I am talkin abt bein a christian and not claiming christianity as a religion. Thanx.

You sound genuine,i am happy for you,btw,i would like you to share your experience. Welcome to the family.

There will be a great tribulation in the world,the same kind that had never been and never will be(according to matthew 24),this tribulation will precede the rapture,but the elects have nothing to worry about because God will see to their salvation(matt 24:22).......this time is different from the reign of the antichrist(the worship of the beast,the 666 mark and so on),and no saint will be on earth this period,they would have all been caught up with christ(Rev 13vs8). Also to point out,the bible says "insomuch that,if it were possible,they shall deceive the very elect" mat 24:24b,and people are already assuming it would be possible

The op is right,the saying 'heaven help those who help themselves' is gradually and ridiculously making heaven passive here.Heaven help the helpless,heaven is in control and therefore not ready to complete your work,instead, to start its own..........People are making it look like you ginger heaven,No!.....,heaven gingers you.

redsun:
Man is the master of his own destiny and the architect of his ownfate. The whole context of what exist,what he can make minifest,and what he imagin is conceptualised in his own mind. The mind that exists because he breaths.

Are you a christian?

malvisguy212:
you got it wrong bro, if you don't understand context you ask, when the Bible say study to show they self approved, it mean you must know the author intention and knew the audience.

yes, same message, but their audience are DIFFERENT, Paul audience is the hearthen while James audience is the jews.

Paul message to the hearthen: you cannot be save by work. while James message to the Jews: you cannot show that you are save without work.

Paul to the hearrhen: How can a person be saved? By faith alone (Rom. 3:28)

James to the Jews: How can a person show that he is save ? how can he show his faith ? by work ( James 2:18)

Paul: a person is not save by work ( Paul reject work as the mean of salvation)
James: a save person will performed good work, ( James understood work as the RESULT of salvation) a save person does good work because he IS save, NOT because he WANTED to be save, he is ALREADY save.

both Paul and James turn to the life of Abraham to illustrate their point. the emphasis Paul make was that Abraham put his trust on God, thus, Abraham was justified by faith alone. Abraham was NOT justified by the work of the law, but by faith when he believe God.

james emphasized on that work that is outwardly shown and demonstrate ( the evidence of a saving Faith) James 2:18 say : But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." SHOW me your faith without deeds, and I will show you MY FAITH BY MY DEED. this is because Paul say faith is a personal belief that take place in the heart and mind and cannot be seen, God knows our faith but their is no way other people can recognized it unless is being shown by good work. while Paul is dealing with the necessity of faith with God. James is concern of such faith before men and how the believers can prove the evidence of their faith.

PAUL AND JAMES COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

That is just it brother,and someone will still not understand this,nawa o

LoJ:
Do you mean the Book of romans applies only to the romans? Great!

Then the whole Bible applies to none of us, since it was not directed to any of us.

Don't be serious with your jokes

I find this helpful,coined from desiringGod.org
Too often we lack works. Maybe we are not praying, not forgiving someone, not crucifying selfishness to care for others, or not sharing the gospel.

We know this is a serious problem, because James said that “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17). What’s more serious than dead faith?

But there’s a danger here in how we can read this verse. We can miss James’s point. We can think that since faith without works is dead, then if I lack works, I had better start working. I had better start praying, start forgiving, start caring more for others, start sharing the gospel. But that’s not what James is saying.

James is saying that since faith without works is dead, then if there are no works, the problem is that to some extent, my faith is dead. And that to correct the problem my faith must be revived.

A Heart Without a Pulse

To see James’s point, imagine he had said that “a heart by itself, if it does not have a pulse, is dead.” So, if I have no pulse, what’s the problem? A dead heart. And what should I do to get a pulse? Try to revive my heart.

If I try to make a pulse without reviving my dead heart, I might be able to create what looks like a pulse. But it won’t be a real pulse, because it won’t come from a living heart.

In the same way, if I try to do works without reviving my dead faith, I might be able to create what looks like works. But they won’t be genuine works, because they won’t come from a living faith in Jesus’s person and work and his provision to be working in my working.

Abiding and Bearing

Jesus taught the same truth in John 15. He said every branch that abides in him will bear fruit (John 15:5). So, if I don’t bear fruit, the problem is that I’m not abiding. Which means the solution isn’t to try to bear fruit; the solution is to start abiding. Fruit comes from abiding. And works come from living faith.

But how can faith be revived? Let’s say you don’t share the gospel because you fear what people might think of you. Since this is a lack of works, James would say the cause is dead faith. So how can you revive your faith?

Trust His Power

Faith is ultimately a supernatural work of God. So start by coming to Jesus Christ as you are, and trust his power to change your heart. Trust him as your redemption and perfect righteousness. Trust him as your Savior, Lord, and Treasure.

Confess your lack of works. Receive fresh assurance that you are fully and freely forgiven through his death on the cross and by faith united to the living one who is your righteousness.

Confess that your lack of works shows there is deadness in your faith. Ask God to revive, strengthen, and help your faith.

Find Promises

Then, to strengthen your faith, find which promises from God in the Scriptures you are not trusting. Lack of obedience is caused by not trusting God and his promises. So think about what commands you are not obeying, and what promises from God motivate that obedience.

Here is a promise I have used to battle my fear of sharing the gospel.

Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. (Luke 6:22–23)
Jesus promises that if I am insulted for his sake, I will be rewarded in heaven with even more joy in him. So if fear of being insulted keeps me from telling people about Christ, it’s because I’m not trusting this promise. I’m not trusting that if I’m insulted, God will reward me with more joy in Christ. Or I’m not trusting that joy in Christ will infinitely make up for the pain of being insulted. Or both.

That lack of trust is what James means by dead faith. So how can dead faith be revived?

Pray Over the Promises

Faith comes as we hear God’s word (Romans 10:17), the good news of what Jesus has accomplished for us, and as we pray for God to help our unbelief (Mark 9:24). So, ask God to help your unbelief, renew your rest in Jesus’s person and work, and pray over promises that motivate whatever works you are lacking.

So, for example, if you are struggling with evangelism, pray over the promise of Luke 6:22–23. Think deeply about it. Maybe pray over other passages that reinforce that promise, like Matthew 28:18–20 and 1 Peter 4:14.

Keep doing this in reliance upon God until he strengthens your faith so you believe that if you are insulted God will reward you with more joy in Christ, and that joy in Christ will far surpass the pain of any insults.

Feel the difference? When the Holy Spirit shows up, your faith is no longer dead. It’s been revived. And your revived faith will make you want to share the gospel with others. Because you know that any insults you receive will bring more joy in Christ forever.

We wouldn’t try to create a pulse without reviving the heart. So don’t try to create works without reviving your faith.

Steve Fuller is lead pastor of Grace Church Abu Dhabi and writes at Living by Faith.

LoJ:
Can you tell us, if christians are saved by faith alone (that is without works) or by faith with works?

Christians are saved by faith,and this faith wrought works(inseparable i.e i have a faith that produces works),different from christians are saved by faith and works(separable i.e i have faith and i have works).A concentrated acid burns because its a conc. acid,if it does not burn,its not a conc acid.........but not every substance that burns is a conc acid,and that is why the pharisees and those who try to establish their works miss it.